UN agency launches Africa green recovery report
The Economic Commission for Africa on Monday launched the Building Forward for an African Green Recovery report which highlights the continent’s bold post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery strategy.
Nestlé to help Ethiopia tackle plastic pollution
Nestlé said it has partnered with local sustainability consultant TS Environment to set up a plastics waste recovery program in Ethiopia. The objective of the program is to achieve plastics neutrality within…
Forests still underrated as allies to curb rural poverty
Poverty is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Globally, one out of every 10 people lives in extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as living on less than $1.90 per…
Ethiopia, UN agency launch green jobs program
The Economic Commission for Africa and the Government of Ethiopia signed an MoU, Thursday, to kick off a four-year $3.6 million project on nature-based solutions for water resources infrastructure and community resilience…
Safir invites civil societies to benefit from its grant
Safir is an ambitious project supporting youth and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia invited civil societies to apply…
Flood displaces over 50,000 in Ethiopia
Some 50,000 people in Southern Ethiopia are displaced by flash flooding that followed a heavy rain.
Bringing transparency, efficiency to renewable energy in Kenya
The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) is a State Corporation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
Developing countries set to build extreme weather resilience
Twelve international organizations are set to assist developing countries to build resilience against the impact of natural disasters caused by extreme weather.
Scientists urge Ethiopia to protect groundwater
BY GETU TEMESGEN – Groundwater is seen as having major potential for Ethiopia and Sub-Saharan Africa’s climate change strategies – time to protect it, scientists urge.
Climate finance for developing countries reaches $71 billion
Climate finance provided and mobilized by developed countries for climate action in developing countries reached $71.2 billion in 2017, up from $58.6 billion in 2016, according to new estimates from the OECD.
Forum on sustainable urbanization opens in Ethiopia
Over 500 participants from 52 countries across the globe have converged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 14th Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2019).
PHE Ethiopia budgets 11 million euros
BY GETU TEMESGEN – Population, Health and Environment (PHE) Ethiopia consortium is set to invest 11 million euros in its activities of protecting the environment, promoting health and family planning.
Flooding kills two people in Ethiopia
BY ELIZABETH EQUBAY – Flooding around Libo Kemkem area of Amhara region of Ethiopia today kills two people, state broadcaster reported.
Ethiopia plants over 353 million trees in one day
ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – With the aim of combating deforestation and boosting forest coverage, today Ethiopians and the expats community planted over 353 million trees in one day.